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    The surname Bewick

    An English place surname, carried by 410 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbjuːik/ 2 syllables Soundex B200

    Bewick: #50,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bewick #50,851, 410 people Bewick: #50,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bewick #50,851, 410 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bewick is more common than 68.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English beo (“bee”) + wīc (“village; farm”), hence a farm for the production of honey.

    Bewick is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 410 people named Bewick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 753,038 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 397.

    #50,851
    rank among US surnames
    410
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #49,671)

    Who is named Bewick

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Bewick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bewicks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clara Bewick Colby
      British-American lecturer, newspaper publisher and correspondent, women's rights activist,, 1846–1916

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    Surnames that sound like Bewick

    Bewick has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Bewick come from?
    From Old English beo (“bee”) + wīc (“village; farm”), hence a farm for the production of honey.
    How common is the surname Bewick?
    410 people in the United States had the surname Bewick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 753,038 Americans. It ranked 50,851st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bewick?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bewick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bewick?
    Clara Bewick Colby, British-American lecturer, newspaper publisher and correspondent, women's rights activist,.
    Where is the surname Bewick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bewick in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Bewick?
    Bewick is /ˈbjuːik/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Bewick?
    Bewick is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bewick getting more or less common?
    More common. 397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 410 in 2010, up 3.3%.